By Colin Soutar, CSC In 2009, we see two main market trends that will continue to drive the deployment of identity and access management solutions (IAM). First, the broad array of technology offerings in this space will be focused very much on the business-rules and compliance requirements of customers. Second, the policies around privacy and […]

The Israeli government released a tender detailing its plans for a nationwide biometric enrolment solution, according to Security Document World. The solution is designed to support the country’s eID project and upcoming electronic passport project. The enrollment project involves the capture of two fingerprints, a facial image and signature capture, at sites throughout the country. […]

Advanced Card Systems Ltd., a supplier of PC-linked smart card readers, announced the opening of its new sales and support office in Tokyo, Japan and the appointment of Hiroyuki Shimada as general manager of Advanced Card Systems (Japan). Shimada will coordinate all sales and marketing activities across ACS Japan and further assist in developing the […]

By Andy Matko, Magicard Leader As users search for greater security from credentialing, the focus has been on implementing biometrics and smart cards. However, with so many different technologies around, the sheer choice of which smart card technology to use and what biometric methods to choose has held back implementation. For 2009, we are seeing […]

By Maxine Most, Principal, Founder, Acuity Market Intelligence Biometrics has been considered on the verge of a significant breakthrough for more than ten years. In spite of relatively uninspiring industry results, recent developments – larger and wider scale adoption, significant capability and performance advancements, standards development, and consumer acceptance–indicate looming and substantial market expansion. How […]

By Patrick Hearn, Oberthur Technologies With the change in administration in 2009 it’s likely there won’t be much activity with smart cards in the federal government. Existing projects will continue forward but new ones will most likely be stalled for at least a year. But that doesn’t mean the industry will be standing still waiting […]

WS Packaging Group Inc. and ASK, have formed ASK-intTag, a joint venture that will manufacture and market contactless cards and tickets for U.S. and Canadian markets. The new company will be the print silver-based inlays on paper, the composition of which is highly resistant to forgery. ASK-intTag will produce a range of products for markets […]

Oberthur Technologies received its first large-volume order for its federally certified dual interface cards from the U.S. government. The dual interface card, named ID One Cosmo v5.5 128K D, is a single chip multi-application smart card micro-controller with two communication interfaces – contact and contactless. It is designed for identity and government market needs. The […]

By Paul Beverly, president, Gemalto North America Here are some interesting statistics from 2008: The Federal Trade Commission estimates that as many as nine million Americans have their identities stolen each year. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse estimates 245 million records have been compromised due to security breaches since January 2005. The sting operation by security […]

By Steve Owen, vice president of sales and marketing, Identification Business, NXP Semiconductors Everywhere you look, the impact of the economy has put a major strain on our industry. We are facing many challenges in the drive to grow, or even just maintain, our business models in automatic fare collection, access management, ticketing, e-government, NFC […]